A cultural distraction is due to cultural activities that are practiced by one culture but has also become an activity for other cultures although it doesn't really pertain to their own culture or doesn't really matter, really.
"Do we really have to participate in this cultural distraction of Chinese New Year's again? Really? Why are we celebrating their New Year again? Are we going to end up buying trinkets for things we don't really believe in? I think this is all a marketing ploy to sell trinkets every year.
by TellItLikeItIs. January 19, 2015
Operation Distraction: The act of harmless promiscuous plays created by & played by the sexy lady team members of a coed sport.
Team TLD was ready to score big so they kicked operation distraction into high gear. The sexy TLD ladies in the field showed off ultra high kicks and super sexy bend over and touch your toes stretches while the others whispered sweet nothings to the rival team members.
by True Life Detroit October 07, 2010
Person 1: Hey man, check out this link (DISTRACTION DANCE LINK)
Person 2: Cool! (CLICKS THE LINK)
Person 2: (GETS DISTRACTED) cmon man!
Person 1: get distracted!
Person 2: (BLOCKS PERSON 1)
Person 2: Cool! (CLICKS THE LINK)
Person 2: (GETS DISTRACTED) cmon man!
Person 1: get distracted!
Person 2: (BLOCKS PERSON 1)
by PHINWING THE MENDING September 16, 2020
The "Distracted consciousness" differs from the Marxist idea of "false consciousness" in as much as the individual suffering from this state of distraction is no longer fully aware of life around them: they have become a human doing, no longer a human being.
Excerpt taken from 'The Girl with No Mobile Phone', by author Tom Conrad.
“The girl with no mobile phone had never herself seen fit to buy a mobile phone (in all her life) – being not only against them as invaders of privacy, but moreover, viewing mobile phones as symbols of the wider “distracted consciousness”: a curse now plaguing mankind far and wide. In fact, the girl with no mobile phone constantly witnessed many of her peers fingering away (not the good sort of fingering, either), just another distracted soul startled by the desperateness of existence, looking to fill every single waking and terrifying moment of their life with some pointless textual distraction, instead of just confronting and embracing the stillness, just taking a moment to actually think, reflect and be a human being, not a human doing.”
Alternative use:
‘Like OMFG, dude had been playing GTA5 for five days straight before he got up, left his apartment and tried to jack a car by throwing a musical triangle at them.’
‘A musical triangle?’
‘Yeah the thing that goes ding.’
‘Shit, that dude is distracted.’
‘No shit, he's suffering from the distracted consciousness!’
“The girl with no mobile phone had never herself seen fit to buy a mobile phone (in all her life) – being not only against them as invaders of privacy, but moreover, viewing mobile phones as symbols of the wider “distracted consciousness”: a curse now plaguing mankind far and wide. In fact, the girl with no mobile phone constantly witnessed many of her peers fingering away (not the good sort of fingering, either), just another distracted soul startled by the desperateness of existence, looking to fill every single waking and terrifying moment of their life with some pointless textual distraction, instead of just confronting and embracing the stillness, just taking a moment to actually think, reflect and be a human being, not a human doing.”
Alternative use:
‘Like OMFG, dude had been playing GTA5 for five days straight before he got up, left his apartment and tried to jack a car by throwing a musical triangle at them.’
‘A musical triangle?’
‘Yeah the thing that goes ding.’
‘Shit, that dude is distracted.’
‘No shit, he's suffering from the distracted consciousness!’
by Tom Conrad October 07, 2013
When you are looking up a word on UrbanDictionary.com and you see another word that interests you and you loose track of what you were looking at in the first place.
Example Distraction Words; Cullen Angry Dragon Alaskan Pipeline Tea Bag Bombing the titanic Tony Danza or any other words you come across on the UrbanDictionary website.
by dic fast December 06, 2009
Diverted attention while eating either solo or with others. May occur in a private residence, or at a restaurant or public event. Minor distractions may include obnoxious people in the vicinity; major disturbances may include medical or police emergencies.
I had a distracted dining experience last Thanksgiving. My sister's baby wouldn't stop crying and fussing.
A guy collapsed in the cafeteria the other day. We had to call paramedics. It was definitely distracted dining.
A guy collapsed in the cafeteria the other day. We had to call paramedics. It was definitely distracted dining.
by yes juanito yes November 10, 2014
Diverted attention while getting dressed which can lead to incorrectly worn clothing. Causes may include television viewing, use of electronic devices, or conversing/arguing with others while dressing. May result in mismatched socks, unzipped fly, inaccurate buttoning or wardrobe malfunction, etc.
I forgot to put on my belt when getting dressed today. My pants kept falling down. It was a case of distracted dressing.
by yes juanito yes November 07, 2014